Given the size of the stroke depicted in Figure 1 (greater than one third of the hemisphere), thrombolytic therapy would be contraindicated for this patient. Indications of a hemorrhagic stroke ...

The heart and the brain appear to be even more closely connected than previously imagined. The damaging effects of myocardial infarction are apparently not confined to the heart, but also affect the ...

Strokes are a medical emergency, yet imaging can capture only snapshots of how brain damage develops in the hours and days ...

A 51-year-old man presents to emergency after suddenly experiencing weakness on the right side of his body. At the same time, he notes, he began to slur his speech. He has had no health issues ...

Transient ischemic attacks TIAs are defined as a temporary episode of neurologic dysfunction secondary to focal brain or retinal ischemia without evidence of acute infarction. This definition has been ...